pagka-
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Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pagka (“if”), which is a clipping of kapagka (“if”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /paɡˈka/ [pɐɡˈka]
- Syllabification: pag‧ka-
Prefix[edit]
pagká- (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃ)
- forms nouns from adjectives. the state of
- pagka- + balisa (“anxious”) → pagkabalisa (“anxiety”)
- indicates posteriority in time
- (Batangas) forms absolute superlative forms of adjectives
- pagka- + maganda (“beautiful”) → pagkaganda (“so beautiful”)